It’s an odd little ceremony which took place in the city’s Abbey on Saturday morning. A 500-year-old building which was temporarily closed to the general public – aka milling tourists – while a group of […]
Tag: Bladud
Raise a flag​ for Bath
Back in the 18th century, when Thomas Baldwin built the Guildhall, Bath was very much a city in its own right. The current Bath-stone building replaced a Stuart Guildhall, which itself replaced an earlier Tudor […]
Water disappointment.
Once every week l join other volunteers who gather to show our visitors – and some locals – around this great city of Bath. We’re officially members of the Mayor of Bath’s Corps of Honorary […]
Pitching it differently.
So what’s the gossip – this Friday, September 29th. Well for starters, l am hearing all those Christmas Market regulars who have grown accustomed to the same pitch each year have just had a bit […]
Bath to lead way on new public art work.
Compared to other cities l think it fair to say Bath doesn’t have much in the way of figurative public sculpture. While, what is does have isn’t exactly in the public realm. If you are […]
Sign of the times!
Larkhall is one Bath community that can still proudly boast that it has three pubs along its ‘main road’ and one of them – the Bladud’s Head – has been making some interesting discoveries whilst […]
Hidden doors, street art and a ‘king’ gets his sign back!
I often cycle in from Larkhall along the Kennet and Avon Canal and down into the city through Sydney Gardens. I had pedaled past two clumps of bushes – across the road from the entrance […]
